When comparing Internet Explorer vs Brave, the Slant community recommends Brave for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop web browsers?”Brave is ranked 7th while Internet Explorer is ranked 43rd. The most important reason people chose Brave is:

Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best.

Pros

Pro

Works great with ruTorrent

Pro

System built-in browser

Browser has many system related features. With Internet Explorer you can run certain types of files, without saving them in a non-temporary directory, or you can change proxy settings via a built in Windows dialog window.

Pro

Can fluidly stream 4k video

IE 11 can fluidly stream 4k videos on Youtube without issue.

Pro

Safety and privacy well taken care of

Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best.

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Built in Adblock

Pro

Free/libre software

Released to the community under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), this software respect the FSF's four freedoms, including the freedom to use, modify, and redistribute with or without modification freely.

Cons

Con

No browser extensions

Con

Not standard compliant

Con

Final version of the browser

Microsoft confirmed that Internet Explorer 11 (released on 2013, still bundled in Windows 10) will be the last version of Internet Explorer as Microsoft is shifting it's development focus to Microsoft Edge.

Con

Windows only

Internet Explorer is currently available on Windows only. Internet Explorer was previously available on OS X and UNIX, but both of them have already been discontinued.

Con

Problem rendering online Google Web Apps correctly

I.E. 11 has many issues with rendering Google Web Apps correctly such as Docs or Sheets. The landing pages for each has incorrect button placements and doubled icons, making the sites barely navigable.

Con

New, and a bit buggy still

Developers are rapidly killing bugs, but it still sometimes suffers a glitch or two. Until the developers get caught up, it still feels like a brand new product.